The Grudge/Characters: Difference between revisions

* [[The Other Darrin]]: Throughout all the films until ''The Grudge 3'', Kayako was played by [[Takako Fuji]], but she retired from the role and was replaced by Aiko Horichi.

* [[Our Ghosts Are Different]]

* [[Peek a Boo Corpse]]: Her corpse flies out of the attic in front of Peter.

* [[Prehensile Hair]]: Kayako uses her hair to hang Takeo, and kill Vanessa in the second film.

* [[Woman in White]]

* [[Woman Scorned]]: Takeo is apparently her first victim, although it looks like he hung himself.

* [[Yandere]]: Shows signs of this in her diary.

 

* [[Cat Scare]]

* [[Cats Are Mean]]

* [[Team Pet]]

* [[That Poor Cat]]

* {{spoiler|[[Cute Monster Girl]]}}

* [[Dead Little Sister]]

* {{spoiler|[[Stringy Haired Ghost Girl]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Twisted Ankle]]: Subverted. Instead of breaking her ankle like her sister before her, Takeo-possessed Max breaks her knee instead.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Driven to Suicide]]}}: {{spoiler|Averted. Kayako actually drags her off the roof of a hospital, making it look like Karen jumped.}}

* [[Final Girl]]: In the first film.

* [[Sarah Michelle Gellar]]

* [[Shower of Angst]]: Karen has one, only for [[Mood Whiplash|Kayako's hand to come out of the back of her head!]]

* {{spoiler|[[Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome]]}}

* [[Tears of Fear]]: When she first meets Kayako.

*** Toshio's ghost lures him into the house, although it's set up to make Peter (and the audience) think Toshio is still alive [[Fridge Horror|until he starts meowing.]]

* [[Gross Up Close Up]]: In the Director's Cut, the camera focuses on his dead face for a couple of seconds.

* [[Hot Teacher]]: In Kayako's eyes anyway.

 

* [[Fair Cop]]

* [[Hardboiled Detective]]

* [[The Inspector]]

* [[Kill It With Fire]]: Nakagawa attempts to burn down the house, but is {{spoiler|lured to his doom by Toshio and Takeo.}}

 

* [[Body Horror]] / [[Cruel and Unusual Death]]: {{spoiler|Yoko is dragged into the attic by Kayako by her jaw, which is then found by Detective Nakagawa. Yoko's ghost later appears, ''missing her jaw with her tongue dangling out''.}}

* [[The Danza]]: Yoko Maki as Yoko.

* [[Jaw Breaker]]: {{spoiler|Yoko.}}

* [[Kill the Cutie]]: Poor Yoko...

 

* [[Amber Tamblyn]]: Fresh off her dealing with [[The Ring|Samara]].

* [[Break the Cutie]]

* [[Calling the Old Man Out|Calling The Old Woman Out]]: She finally tells her mother ''exactly'' how she feels. {{spoiler|Sadly, it's the last time they ever speak.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Neck Snap]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Stringy Haired Ghost Girl]]}}

 

=== Eason ===

* [[Manipulative Bastard|Manipulative Bitch]]: Vanessa.

* [[Murdered in A Phone Booth]]: {{spoiler|Vanessa.}}

* [[Room Full of Crazy]]: Allison's bedroom, after the curse completely and utterly breaks her.

* [[With Friends Like These]]: Allison is cruelly mocked and manipulated by both Vanessa and Miyuki. Vanessa is also extremely mean and scornful towards Miyuki, in spite of their supposed friendship, and Miyuki seems to be pretty afraid of Vanessa, likely only going along with her schemes to appease her.